Re: octave-forge packages don't show or load
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 19:31:42 +0100, Tomás Revilla wrote:
> I installed both octave and octave-forge (2.9 branch) thru synaptic. Under
> octave:
>
> octave:1> pkg list
> no packages installed.
> octave:2> pkg load odepkg # as in the documentation
> error: package odepkg is not installed
> error: evaluating if command near line 1824, column 7
> error: evaluating for command near line 1822, column 5
> error: evaluating if command near line 1809, column 3
> error: called from `pkg:load_packages' in file
> `/usr/share/octave/2.9.19/m/pkg/pkg.m'
^^^^^^
That seems to belong the Lenny/Sid version of the octave2.9 package;
Etch has 2.9.9. In any case, I think that octave2.9-forge is broken even
for 2.9.9 (see link below).
> error: evaluating switch command near line 243, column 3
> error: called from `pkg' in file `/usr/share/octave/2.9.19/m/pkg/pkg.m'
>
> How is that it is not installed? it is installed! e.g. synaptic shows:
>
> /usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/octave2.9-forge/ode
> /usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/octave2.9-forge/ode/ode23.m
> /usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/octave2.9-forge/ode/ode45.m
> /usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/octave2.9-forge/ode/ode78.m
> /usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/octave2.9-forge/ode/penddot.m
> /usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/octave2.9-forge/ode/pendulum.m
> /usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/octave2.9-forge/ode/rk2fixed.m
> /usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/octave2.9-forge/ode/rk4fixed.m
> /usr/share/octave/site/api-v22/m/octave2.9-forge/ode/rk8fixed.m
>
> I read in the octave-forge documentation that it is possible to download and
> install packs one by one, but I prefer to have them through
> apt-get/synaptic. I am working with the current version of etch. Is
> something missing? I didn't get any warning when I installed them.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440777
I am afraid that you will have to install the octave-forge packages
manually, unless you are willing to go back to octave2.1 and
octave2.1-forge.
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